Encontrar ?
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Susan D.KwizIQ community member
Encontrar ?
This lesson seems to define encontrar as 'being able to find': ex. I can't find my keys' : Yo no encuentro mis llaves. Why not : Yo no puedo encontrar mis llaves.
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate stem-changing -ar verbs (o > ue) in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)"
Asked 8 years ago
InmaKwizIQ Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher
Hola Susan,
Encontrar means "to find" but somehow it sounds a bit odd to translate the sentence in the lesson "Vosotros no encontráis las llaves" into "You don't find the keys" [literal translation] so we went for a more realistic translation in English which is "You can't find the keys." In many cases, when using the simple present in Spanish, the literal translation in English doesn't work well.
MICHAEL L.KwizIQ community member
Obviously, multiple questions means you shouldn't introduce this usage without more context and explanation.
InmaKwizIQ Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher
Hola Michael
Would you like to expand on what you mean so we can look into it?
I'm not sure what you mean.
Gracias
Inma
Susan D. asked:
Encontrar ?
This lesson seems to define encontrar as 'being able to find': ex. I can't find my keys' : Yo no encuentro mis llaves. Why not : Yo no puedo encontrar mis llaves.
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